Palavra Inglês do Dia

arm

braço

Definições

inglês > português

arm

1. Substantivo. (Anatomia) braço

inglês > inglês

arm

1. n. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”

2. n. (anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.

The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body.

3. n. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.

the arms of an octopus

4. n. A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.

The robot arm reached out and placed the part on the assembly line.

5. n. (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.

Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain.

6. n. A branch of an organization.

the cavalry arm of the military service

7. n. (figurative) Power; might; strength; support.

the arm of the law

the secular arm

8. n. (baseball, slang) A pitcher

The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.

9. n. (genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.

10. n. A group of patients in a medical trial.

11. adj. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.

He's neither poor nor arm.

12. adj. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.

13. n. (usually used in the plural) A weapon.

14. n. (in the plural) heraldic bearings or insignia

The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.

15. v. To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.

16. v. To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.

Remember to arm an alarm system.

17. v. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.

to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling

18. v. (figurative) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.

19. v. To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

português > inglês

braço

1. n-m. arm (upper limb)

2. n-m. (specifically) upper arm; brachium (part of the arm between the elbow and shoulder)

3. n-m. (loosely) any limb or tentacle

4. n-m. arm (part of an object designed to be used with the arm)

5. n-m. arm; sleeve (part of an item of clothing for the upper body that goes around the arm)

6. n-m. arm (part of a furniture for sitting that one can rest one’s arm on)

7. n-m. arm (anything that extends out from another thing)

8. n-m. (musical instruments) neck (extended part of a stringed instrument)

9. n-m. (geography) arm; inlet (small part of a body of water extending out from the main body)

10. n-m. (geography) a smaller range extending from a mountain range

11. n-m. (mechanics) the part of a lever on either side of the fulcrum

12. n-m. (genetics) arm (part of a chromosome extending from the centromere)

13. n-m. (astronomy) arm (outer part of a spiral galaxy)

14. n-m. arm (person employed to do manual labour)

15. n-m. (figurative) arm; might; power

Pronúncia

Exemplos

She carried the box under her arm.
    Ela levava a caixa debaixo do braço.
Let go of my arm.
    Solta meu braço.
That cut on your arm looks pretty serious.
    Esse corte no seu braço parece ser bem sério.
He caught me by the arm.
    Ele pegou-me pelo braço.
Someone came onto me in the fair. My arm still hurts.
    Levei com um empurrão na feira. Ainda me dói o braço.

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